Childlike Faith
June 27, 2024 | Chad Vinson
There I was sitting under a tent in a public park in Catacamas, Honduras. Occasionally, I would have to wipe the sweat rolling down my face due to the heat. The shade is a friend to the middle-aged man with a receding hairline. I needed to sit...
Of Rocks and Pilgrimages
June 20, 2024 | Melissa Riggs
Last year I wrote a blog post about all the things God was teaching me in the weeks leading up to VBS, as my mind was scattered and trying to remember a thousand details. This year is no different. It seems that when I am the most stretched, I am...
The Cost
June 13, 2024 | Kevin Perry
This is the story of a little girl. Many years ago, in our not-so-early 40s, Alicia and I discovered she was pregnant again. I thought she had the flu - but silly me it turned out to be a pretty big late-life surprise. Abraham and Sarah lived...
GIVE ME HOPE
June 5, 2024 | Rob Bloss
It’s been said that you can go a month without food, you can live three days without water, but you can't go more than sixty seconds without HOPE. Without hope, life’s troubles bring discouragement, depression, despair, and even...
Celebration!
May 16, 2024 | Jeff Patton
During my junior year in high school, a new band called ‘Kool & the Gang’ came out with a hit song called “Celebration”. If you’re old like me, you would have had to be living under a rock not to remember...